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Forecast: Sonny and Red

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Released
  
1976

Producer
  
Pat Britt

Artists
  
Sonny Stitt, Red Holloway

Genre
  
Jazz

Label
  
Catalyst CAT-7608

Forecast Sonny & Red (1976)
  
I Remember Bird (1976)

Release date
  
1976

Recorded
  
1976 Sage & Sound Studios, Hollywood, CA

Forecast Sonny & Red (1976)
  
Hittin' the Road Again (1982)

Similar
  
Red Holloway albums, Jazz albums

Forecast: Sonny & Red is an album by American jazz saxophonists Sonny Stitt and Red Holloway featuring performances recorded in 1976 for the Catalyst label.

Contents

Reception

Scott Yanow of Allmusic stated, "Sonny Stitt and Red Holloway make a perfect team on this exciting jam session record... Holloway was able to keep up with the combative Stitt and the fireworks are well worth savoring".

Track listing

  1. "The Way You Look Tonight" (Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields) - 5:20
  2. "Forecast: Sonny & Red" (Art Hillery) - 4:50
  3. "You Don't Know What Love Is/I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" (Gene de Paul, Don Ray/George Bassman, Ned Washington) - 10:45
  4. "Lester Leaps In" (Lester Young) - 6:42
  5. "Just Friends" (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis) - 6:20
  6. "All God's Chillun Got Rhythm" (Bronisław Kaper, Walter Jurmann, Gus Kahn) - 4:00

Personnel

  • Sonny Stitt - tenor saxophone
  • Red Holloway - tenor saxophone, alto saxophone
  • Art Hillery - piano
  • Larry Gales - bass
  • Clarence Johnston - drums

    • References

    Forecast: Sonny & Red Wikipedia
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